Monthly Archives: September 2016

Enrichment – Russia’s most unruly ruler ?

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Year Thirteen, Great to all of you at History Society today. We will finish off Ivan the Terrible next week. Perhaps Empress Anna Ioannovna was not so brutal, but this article suggests that she was certainly more of a party girl; as well … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Ernst Nolte

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to Tony Barber’s obituary for Ernst Nolte. I have included an extract below. Read the article and see if you agree with him. “On Friday June 6 1986 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a West … Continue reading →

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Today’s presentation – Year Thirteen

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Mr Kydd

All, A warm welcome back – it was lovely to see you all again today. If you click here then you will get to today’s presentation. It should be very useful in showing the skills and weightings of the papers at A2 … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London’s Great Plague.

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a BBC report on the causes of the 1665 plague outbreak. It states that; “DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London’s Great Plague.  The plague of … Continue reading →

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